Marva Dale is the pen name for author Debra McReynolds.  Retired from the public relations field, Debra now spends her free time indulging in her passion for writing.  "I used to fill my school notebooks with stories," Debra relates, "and then add artwork to go along with them.  My second grade teacher, Mrs. Daley, predicted that I would be a writer one day."
A fan of the mystery genre, she enjoys crafting tales with a twist of suspense, a touch of romance, and a bit of humor. 
Debra and her husband, Dale, make their home in El Paso, Texas, with their dog, cats and rabbits.

Dr. Suzan Dwyer specializes in blood disorder research and maintains her own laboratory in the Washington, D.C. area. But she’s not prepared to deal with a new patient named Charles Lambert who says he’s aging by the minute and needs Suzan to help him discover a way to reverse the process through her blood research. Suzan hesitates to believe the story Charles tells her. Yet when he suddenly disappears, Suzan tracks him down and meets his wife, Ellen Lambert, a beautiful, alluring, and enigmatic woman who harbors a deep, disturbing secret. Suzan is drawn into Ellen’s world of mysticism, fantasy, lust and desire, and believes Ellen when she says that Charles has suddenly died overseas. Succumbing to Ellen’s charms, Suzan decides to give up her old life, one that she has shared with her partner, Dr. Davis Breen, for five years. As she embarks on a tempestuous affair with Ellen and listens to her incredible history, Suzan is drawn deeper into the woman’s strange but exciting world, one that might possibly include murder. Soon Suzan must decide if she wants what Ellen wishes to give her—life everlasting… Even when such a life comes at a terrible cost. 


Blood of the Gods

By the time she joined Suzan in the basement lab, Ellen had changed into her favored Chinese robe, her hair down and around her shoulders in soft waves.When Suzan glanced up from her notes, she noticed her lover's face, no longer serene and beautiful, but pinched and worried.


"What is it, Ellen?What happened?I heard you at the door with someone."


"Detective Mears stopped by."Ellen took a seat on the stool near the doctor."He inquired about our guest last evening, Mr. Lundegard."


Pushing back from the table, Suzan sucked in a nervous breath.The knot of anxiety in her stomach that had grown overnight now swelled into a ball of near panic."I knew it!I had a feeling he would show up here."


Trying to calm down, she forced herself to think in rational terms."Of course, he can't prove a thing.There's no body, no physical evidence whatsoever.You always see to that.I mean, we see to that now."


Chapter 76